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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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